Clothcraft Clothes
The Honorable
have a High Priced Look
Sagebrush
FRANCIS LYNDI
Copyright. 1910. by Street
" OOA»!lO
i
Tracy Clothing Co
Coming «loan a few rrilnutc« latrr to
rtv«* th«* several luggage checks to the
hotel porter. Blount missed another
One
Clothers
Incident which might have sent b’m
bn. k suddenly to his problem amt Its
iitoci.h-d coudltlnu
Wlieti Mr Me-
330 West First
Vlcknr fiirn««l away from tin* clerk's
♦ , d«".|. It was to shake hand* iwrfuiic
lorily with the owner of the fast road
ster
"Well, senator." he «al«l. with a cer
tain dogged riiiphasla. "Im ln*rr l.el's
tlml a place where we can flail It out "
A ml together they entered an elevator,
w ’deli, as rhati.s* Would have It. pass
ed. In ascending, the car In which the
younger Blount was coming down
It was to the senator's suit that the
In.. <>p|M.slng field commanders made
their way when their car reached the
fourth floor
In the senator's sitting
i ...m • M. i I Icknr dragged a chair over
-r.. ..
.,f tlie windows which cum-
man«l<*<! a ir lew <>f tbs IxMt River
mountains and dropped luto It mas-
si« ely
•'I suppose we may cut out the pre
llmlnarles and come to the point nt
once." he liegan. "Ackertun wired mv
thnt you had definitely anuouu.v*«! your
son as a candidate for the attorney
generalship Have you?“
The senator was opening a bor of
.'gars..and bls reply sa«orvd of g«M«l
nntur«*d irony.
" The primaries do the nominating In
this state. Ilnrdwlck i’ldn t you know
that?" be naked mildly
Weekly j___—__x==x__
complete t« :egraj»hic n«‘ws of
"See here. Blount. I've coins ,1.000
the world; gives reliable market reports, iu> it is publish««!at
mil«*« to thrash thia thing out with
Portland, where the market news can be and is corrected to
you. and I'm not In the humor tu R|iar
date for each issue. It also has a page of special matter f--r
for nn opening, Do you liuti u tu run
your
sou or not ? That I« a plain que*
th«* farm and home, an entertaining story page and a page or
tlon. and 1'ii like a plain «lower "
more of comic each week, ami it goes to the subscriber twice
"I told you two weeks ago what I
every week KM times a year
m«‘i.ut to d<>
McVIckar. but you
wouldn't believe me
i'll nay It aguli«
If you «vant to bear It."
Gives all the local news and
THE
"And I told you two weeks ago that
happenings and should tie in
WEEKLY
«e couldn't stand for It, that you
The two patters make a good
every hums in this vicinity,
might name your own prl<-e for an al
combination and you save SI by sending your auliscription to
tentative."
"Yea, ami I told you iny price. If
you hapiieu to retnetulier '*
THE SANTI AM NEWS, st l< >, < »H 1
"1 know. You said you wanted ua
Wr can also give our nubacribers a ginwi clubbing offer for
to turn everything over to the reform«
era and take our chances on a virati
the Daily and Sunday, or Sunday Journal with the NEWS.
idinlnlatniBon
Naturally we • re net
going to do any such utopian thing
U hat I want to know now Is what It
Is going tn ■ oat us to get your consent
to d<« the pra< tlcal and pomilble thlug "
"Want to buy me outright this time,
do you?" mild the boas, «still smlllug
’ gently.
"We" McVIckar was going to say.
•we bought y«»u before." but he
" cl»ang«vl It to a less offensive form
hale had no difficulty In arriving
. nt some sensible and practical coim -I u -
«1. us In th«* past. Blount and w«>
»li. uliln t have now
We can't let y«iu
tinve your son for attorney general,
i'lint's out of the question, if yon put
your son in as public pmsn utor y«m
< ui Im««* l.tit one otijert In view you
mean to S>|ilers«* us till the blood rnna.
Were .wiling to ill«, uni that object
la*f«*r<* tile fact."
"So you have said l*cfore a number
of times ami In a number of different
ways," wan tbs nill«t counter sugg«*s-
tlon.
. Eint G au Accommodations and rr^rnot Servkr
The Bent Place in Portland to Eat
"I shan’t nay It many more thnen.
Large Sample Foonu foe Commercial ira velen David. You're pushing me too far
in at
"What will you «ay then1"
I’TOEF MEW MANAGEMENT
"Just this If you won't meet
hnlfway. If you Insist U|sm a tight,
rgbt you with any weapona I can
hold of."
at West end of ths Morrison Stresl
“You’ve sakl that In oth«*r cam
bridge.
paigns. Hardwick, ami In the end
GÍANT PIVTLE Prop.
you’ve always b«*rn like the fioasum
that offered to come «town out nt the
(Successori«. Riner Rms.)
ALBANY
tno* if the man wouldn't shoot."
PROPRIETOR.
•'I’ll hand yon another proverb to go
with that one." snapped the man In
tne chair by the window
"The pitch
K»
«■r thnt g«*#*« often to the well Is sure
for Pitas. Burn,. Soros.
Carrs Colds Croup and WtSqUng cmigh.
to be broken at last.
You*vs got a
Price
ALBANY, ORE.
St.
A Great Clubbing Offer
♦
íemi-Week y Orem Jnml nt v°ar
The Santiam News one year
•• -$150
•$1.50
Total
$303
Both Papers
One Year
$2.00
Th‘s‘,nl OREGON JOURNAL
t
th-ni''1 n-t
SANTIAM NEWS
Pap’s Coffee House
St. Charles Hotel
CHARLES J. MAHER
OREGON
Chamoerlain’s Cough Remedy
DeWitt’s
Salva
®
Smith
publivbrsi you let II aloiie am! keep
your uew«pa|o*r reporters off II."
1 be «I«.- president luugb««l
Hr was
.f th -«* who r*giilu ««iiiauluuty in ei-
act pro(«.rti.>u .-«« au o(qs«nent lo««-» it
"You needn't let the l«>y » r«*cvrd
trouble you" to- averred
"It'» aa
cl«*uu as a bounds tooth That is oll»
*>f th«* tiling* I'm banking on. liai kl.
i'ui goiug to have that young fellow
tight I ng on our »ids before w e'r»
through '*
Kt th • tb«- grin ryes under the pent
h**us<* brows lliiiiKsl fiercely. ami the
»«•liator t.«>k ll.*- two Strhbs n«*e«tful to
ph«, e him tn-forr the man In the chair
l**nt «ou do tli.it, McVIckar
I
gl«<* «oil fair warning?" hr «aid. his
«|»«.p ion««! i i*l<-r rumbling llkr the
bur of grmdiug wti«*rls ' r hr res only
one way you «suild do It*
1 11«* v l< <• president at.««! up nml put
on III« hat
Vnd .nil'll tike pre«'I oils
• <1 its* flint I .b n t get a < linn* r to
try tti.vt wav. ><<u were going to say.
All r /hl Div I
V**il l«*ll tile to do
my w r«t. and I'll ha in I that back to
you too
You do (lie same, and we'll
»<«• who «sunee out ahead."
I* was -one live minutes later when
the vi •• nil > «lent hnd made hl« leisure
*y w >i down to the lobby
The etac-
trl.-
Ju- l«la «1 out. mid tin* gr«*at
sitl.«. eg pin* «• w* iHtgliinlng to take
*• i Its .«eiilng nlr of «th amt activity.
M
M 1 hkar puatwd id« «ay to the
<!■ -k and a row of lately arrlv««| guests
w ilt««l w hen In* n«k>«l Ills question
Where W ’I I he III. -t likely to thill
Mr I * an Blount at thia time of day?"
was the qu«"*tlon h<* wished to lime nn
sweted. mid th.* obliging clerk made
•hr tin«* welt still longer »Idle he sum
mooed n bellboy and «ent him scurry
ing rr*■■*• tn one . f the wciting ta*l>«i
joint in your armor now. Blount
Yv’U've r I ways beeu able to laugh at
pllhil« Ity before
Call you «tend It
now y
“I r«« k«*n i'll have to stand It u
you buy up a few- ii..w»|>it|« r». a* you
e.suully «Io." wt« th«* half «pilagiciil re
ply tlwn for nn udd«*d flick of the
whip. "You ami your folks can't paint
me mu< h blacker than you bate al
wa i » V”lti'«*i nn* llanlw trk"
"Mnyt». not. but this time we're go
Ing to give you a «ham'e tn «tart a
few libel «nit« If you think yon can
’fforvl to ap *nr In tin* c«ntrts
We've
got all the »«l«i«*uc,* in tilack ami
white W’e might |«i«»lbly make your
I ow n state too hot to bold you
Ilnv«-
' I 1: : « 1« Vr Ev iti lllount," he ssld
| you thought of that?"
lo thè rallrond mugliate. Indi' atltig thè
"<lo ah«*nil ami try It." w ns the In
; OH|. 1 .
.I -.,-
hilll » ’ . ■ lille 1.1 ■ w il 11 t he |.«*ll •
tali
Mr Itlount this I« .Mr llurd
“But that len t all." th«* man In the
wl< k Iteti > li flr-t vio president of
window chair w«*ut nn r.'iuorsrlrsMly
"Your fellow «Itlxrns here know y«»u
thè I rons* onilneiiinl ll.illivay com-
punì'
fur ■•vactly what you are. Itlount. You
rule them with a rod I of Iron Inti th it
Tbere «a« ti<> trace of t|,c re <*ut bat
nil» ••an l>e broken
Whrti It Is bn>
ti«* In Mr M \ì* kar < «<>|. <• or m.tum*r
ken you'll be looked U|«>n as a crliul
whcii lie turiK'd ami «hook bond*« vol’
ual. In our la«t talk together you hud
dlally wltb thè «ou of th«* uhiu vini
something to say to i tn«* alsnit our n.*t
limi «letl.sl bini.
k«*eplng up with the clung«* In pubH«*
"Tour fatbsr and I w ere Just holding
«ciitlmviit It has changi-«! • I imiik ««I so I n little coufvrrtice
con ferme» oier your futili»
fur that It 1« coming to demand the
pr<**|«*< i». Mr llluuiil." In* salti, golug
punishment of the gr«*at offenders as
atmlght to hi* polut. ‘*8upf«»«e y««u
well as th«* Jailing *»f th** llttl«* on«*«
* ■ lin- down to thè car li liti me for il
If we want to pu«h this tight bard
Utili* prl«at<* talk ou thè legai situa-
enongti It 1« not Impossible that you
flou
l'm n»t aure t.ut «ve «hall ««tali
may find yourself a broken m*>n at the
to retali! .«ou In a . hu ««« litui Iv * «nu
end of It, l*a« hl "
li... up In H..ptc:iit»er (iantry fella mr
"I'm faking all the chain «*«." was the
that you ar«* pretty «vrll up In r<»i|M»rn-
ev eii tolled rejotndrr
Don hi««, t'au you a|iarv nu’ M hn.f
"But th. re Is on«* cliance I um sure
boiir or su?"
you haven't ••onslilereil this mm of
Evali Itloipit glrtticrd ut bln «vntch.
yours' I know as iiiik -I i alaiut Idin a«
l'atrlciu had tubi hlm timi «lo* and ber
you do m«>re, |H*rba|». for I have
fai ber woald dine In the < ufe at 7
taken more pains to k«*ep tab on him
and that llu-re Mould lie room nt their
for the past few years tliuti you hnv«-
tallir for hlm and for lib father. If
lie I« < lean nml straight. Itlount a
tbr i*i «enator would so fnr honor a
son for nny man to la* proml of
If
|««ir «-oll«*gr pmfraaor. TlierP was an
thnt la lb<* r«*al r«*a*oii why we arc
hour io «pare, ami If thè «Ice priwddeul
afralti to have him Instructing the
«•f Ilo* fruii«, ontlnrntul couipuny were
grand J'l^«*« of this stat«* It Is • Inai
noi Iti«* klng he sa» nt Irast n great
ymir la st reason f for “ ' k«*-plng
'
“
the |>«4t
nmn «vhosi* liivltatlon w nn lu Moutr
d««*ently nnd«*r cuver
What will you
«ernie a .-otiimuiid
say to him when the ncwspa|a-n« O|«en
li was at III«* pre«i»e moment when
up on you? Ami what ««III h«* say to
thè buttrrtly diors of the lobby <*n
y«m? ils'l you thought of that?"
trance w.*r<* winging to their closing
For the first lime «In •• the l>«*gin
tx-tilnd Mr McVIcknr and bin quarry
ulng of the <
that th«* bouse telephone called tin*
senator laid
registry clerk
A and faced tourist
thoughtfully
who was waiting, pen In liaiul. for his
muataebua
r«H*m a*«lgnm«’tit beard only tbr au
"You'd set the bous«* ntlre over my
swrr to tin* qll.-ulloli wrhl. il came over
h«*nd. would you. II i rd w li k'*" In*
th.* w lr«si from one of tin* up|irr floors
qu«*rl«st. with tin* gray eyes lighting
"No. senator." th«* clerk was saying;
threateningly: then "Tin* last time
"I k * has Ju-t this moment gone out—
we talkrd you p**ate«l your dell, now
V ,. Il Vfr M \ . 11
< .-11..I I
I II |M>st mine. You go nlicml nml do
take him'' I’ll try But I don't l:m»w
your worst. The boy nml I will try to
when* they were going
I'll «eud a
see that you don't have all th«* fun
I
hey right nwny. though
won't say thnt you mightn't turn him
If you went nt II right
lint you won't
CHAPTER fill
go nt it right, nml ns mnttei-s stand
Tltr. Qt'gkM’a llAMHIT.
now well. Id.»«l 1« thicker titan wa
IIEN the new* went out to
ter anti If .«on hit me you hit him
th«* dwellers In the sere
A ml I r«** kon lietwem u« we'll man
brush hills thnt Ito«« l»a
age to gl«r yon as good as you wend,
vid's non hud accepted a
That'a nil.' rising to l«*nn heavily upon
plat«* on the railroad's legni stuff the
Y<>u
th«* table, “all but on.* thlug
tlr«t wave of astonmluient « as follow
Say anything
fight fair. Hardwl.k
• <l by ninny gu«*ss<*s ns to what young
Blount's action |s>rtcnded
The I’lninsman. the prim Ipnl dully
and the leading organ of the reform
era, was the first to find nn ulterior
motive In Evan mount's ap|sdntu>eut
ami Its acceptance. The editor tooU
a tinlf column In wt»l< h to («dui out
In emplnitl«' and vigorous phrase (hr
danger thnt threatened the < omniou
wealth In till« very evident coalition of
the railroad and the mticiiloe
The lost Ither Miner. <>u tb«- otlnr
hand, was unwilling to Iteli«*« «• that the
younger Blouut was a* ting iiltog« the.
in hl» father's Interest In taking th«*
place provided for him by the railway
Hints there wire In this ««tltor's com
moot <>f a dl.«ngn*em«*nt Istnevn fa
ther and son. of diff« ren< *** of opinion
wtii-li might Inter on lead to a pitched
bittie.
The I »ally Capital, however—the Mil
road organ «‘overtly Insinuated that
nothing for nothing w„ the a e;*t <1
0°MtS
rule in politica, that If the rnllrnnd
had made a pin* «• for the non II wen
only a justifiable dedm flou thnt tb
'•vor'ii srr raw nocas svisa own st
father was not as inlml nl to the rail
HBAU, Wot 1.1« rut*. MsatlWP gf"
road Interest ns the opposition press
you like ala.ut m«*. but If that boy has
«va? willing to have the public beiler**
anything In Ills past that I don't know
about, that be Wouldn't want tu «re
(Continued next week)
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